1. Theme Statements We’re going to learn them if it kills me. HERE LIES Marissa Bannerman Beloved Spinster who only wanted her students to graduate Knowing THEME STATEMENTS

2. QUESTION: What is the significance of the cover of the book Twilight?

3. Apple= Fruit Forbidden Fruit Temptation Adam and Eve =BIBLICAL ALLUSION! Hands= Creation= What we do= Responsibility -or- an offer? Of what? Is it dangerous? Should I take it? Hands= Creation= What we do= Responsibility -or- an offer? Of what? Is it dangerous? Should I take it? Colors= Red= Blood, Life, Passion, Power White= innocence, death, vampires’ skin! Black: Death, darkness… Colors= Red= Blood, Life, Passion, Power White= innocence, death, vampires’ skin! Black: Death, darkness…

4. _____________________. In (his/her) (Theme Statement) (novel/film/play) Underlined Title of Work, (Author’s Name) tells the story of (1 sentence summary). (Restate question) is _________________, _____________, and 1 2 _________________. 3

5. THEME STATEMENT: The forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. TAG : Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, novel 1-SENTENCE SUMMARY: A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. THREE-POINT THESIS: (Restate the question and give three examples.) The apple and hands on the cover of Twilight are significant because: 1. They are a biblical allusion to the garden of Eden 2. Red reminds the reader of blood 3. The apple represents temptation, which is in our hands.

6. Put together: The forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. In her novel Twilight, Stephenie Meyer tells the story of a teenage girl who risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. The apple and the hands on the cover of Twilight are significant as a biblical allusion, a visual for blood, and as a metaphor for the theme that temptation is in our hands.

7. THEME STATEMENT: Always first. Not about the plot. Must relate to SUBJECT of the question. Title, Author, Genre (TAG): Title is Underlined 1-SENTENCE SUMMARY: Can be snarky, but beware. THESIS: RESTATE QUESTION. Literally. Make the question into a statement. THESIS: second example THESIS: first example THESIS: third example

8. Question: How does treasure compromise your morals? (Subjects: Morality, Greed, Character) Theme Statement: Take all you can. Give nothing back. Title: The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Author: Gore Verbinski Genre: Film 1-Sentence Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Examples: 1. Will (breaking Jack out of jail to pursue Elizabeth) 2. The crew of The Black Pearl (and the eternal consequence of stealing Montezuma’s gold) 3. Elizabeth (trading femininity for power)

9. Question: How does treasure compromise your morals? Take all you can. Give nothing back. In Gore Verbinski’s film The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Treasure compromises the morals of Will Turner, the crew of The Black Pearl, and Elizabeth Swan, each who is in pursuit of unique treasure.

10. Question: What does Simba learn in Walt Disney’s film The Lion King? Theme Statement: Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life. 1-sentence summary: Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt-ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. 3 examples: 1.Value of Friendship 2.Cost of Deception 3.Futility of Guilt

11. Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life. Walt Disney’s film, The Lion King, is a story about a guilt-ridden lion cub who is tricked into thinking he killed his father and flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. After learning the value of Friendship, the cost of deception, and the futility of guilt, Simba is able to take his rightful place as King of the Jungle.

12. Now, RE-DO your paragraph for the second part of the LOTR question. Theme Statement: TAG: 1-sentence summary: Example 1: Example 2: Example 3:

13. Take your favorite movie or book and use it to answer this question: What does the main character learn?